The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-09


/ G. s. Meacham's residence near WINDOW
in the upper story and set an umbrella on
! fire that was leaning against the wall III Inc
lower story. Fortunately all were in the
! front of the house opposite where the mouse
was struck and no serious damage was done.
! Col G. A Karweise, Il civil engineer of
! large experience and representing Il consId-
cradle amount of capital, is in Pensacola Tor
the purpose of investigating the feasibility
! of establishing large plant for building
iron ships there, and also for the manufac-
turing Of machinery, putting IN dry DOCKS,
! etc.
There was a shooting scrape at DeLand
| last Sunday might between two negroes
| One attempted to burglari2e q house, when
he was discovered by the owner. The bur
| glar drew his pistol and fired upon the other
whereupon the owner of the house filed the
| burglar with shot from a shotgun. Inc
Deputy Sheriff arrested both parties Mon
day night.
Michael Roach, of Mandarin, had about
| three acres in waternelons, from which ne
has gathered, for SALE fully 5000 melons.
| These he sold for an average of a little more
than l0c., making total of more than
5000 for three acres, or S2OO per acre
| This has been occupied not to exceed three
months, and can now be again utilized by
cultivating it as vegetable garden.
The DeLand Rifles, Notwithstanding the
fact that they have not been mustered III as
| State militia under the new law, are by no
means discouraged, and are drilling weekly.
| Their enlistment in the State militia has
been accepted under the old law, and the
officers of the company have received their
! commissions and made requisition for arms,
etc, which are expected to arrive III few
| weeks
Mr.. Monroe, of South Jacksonville, left
home few nights ago for the North His
| wife, who is q dress maker, followed him
soon after with her two children. She was
! i'll such haste that she left the furniture In
the house for the neighbors to take care of
and also five or six wedding dresses I'M
finished. The expectant brides viii be
obliged to find less uxorial dressmakeTNto
finish their outfits.
G. F. Flewellen, of Lochbie Orange Lake
post office, on the Florida Southern rail
way, sent into Palatka the finest carload Of
| watcrmelons ever received there. There
were about 900 of them, averaging over
| 90 pounds each, and some of them running
up to 80 pounds. He shipped carload to
| Denver, Col, at cost Of $500 for freight.
| They arrived in good order and sold well,
the only complaint being that they were
too large.
Messrs Devault and Daunielson Of Una
tilla, had three acres in cabbage which
netted them from the commission merchants
| 81 ,46l. George v Devault had two and a
half acres in cabbage for which he received
1858. He paid out &28 for fertilizer and not
over that amount for labor, doing the bal
ance of the work himself. He commenced
Nov. | and was through MAY l. John
PROUD received S443 from one and quarter
acres In tomatoes. John A. Mitchnur sold
small patch of tomatoes for $133-at the
! first of shipping season the purchaser
| shipped the crop and received 1901. These
are facts and few instances of what was
done this year, for there were IA, $50 boxes,
barrels, etc, of vegetables shipped from
Umatilla this year. Next year she will send
306S9.
Gainesville NetcS: Two weeks ago a
Gainesville merchant advertised in the SA
| vANNAH NEWS for salesman. In a few
days he was beseiged by letters asking for
the position. He wrote to one of the appli
cants, young man by the name of Hop
| kins, telling him to come at once or telegraph
at what time he could come. Several days
| elapsed without bringing either the young
man or telegram. The merchant con
| cluded Hopkins wasn't coming, and made
| arrangements for another clerk Monday
morning the first young man arrived from
| Savannah but was informed that he was
too late, as other arrangements had been
| made. Nothing more was heard Ct the mat
| ter until yesterday, when the merchant was
informed that a suit in law would be insti-
tuted against him by the young man for
| breach of contract.
| Lee Milford, Of Ogden, under date of
July 5. writes the MORNING NEWS as fol-
! lows: see in your ably written report of
| the blue and gray at Gettysburg on the
| Fourth, you speak of the meeting as the
first campfire of the blue and gray" In
| justice to as fine corps of men as ever
| charged a battery or took in a prisoner,
wish to correct an error by calling your at
tention to the visit of r. E. Lee Camp, Con-
federate Veterans, to the Seward Post,
/ Grand Army of the Republic, of which
have the honor to be a member, at Auburn,
n. Y, just two years ago. On that occa-
sion there was great deal of Jealous senti-
ment buried, and the formality of shaking
hands over Secretary Stewards grave was
gone through by two of the opposing forces.
After most enthusiastic parade arm in
arm, the veterans attended a matinee and
| appeared upon the stage as required by the
lines of the play, and at night a campfire
was held in a skating rink capable of hold
ing 5000 people and which was more than
filled. | think this must have been the first
| blue and gray campfire, and / do not doubt
that to the R. e. Lee Camp may be traced
the outburst of pent-up fraternal feeling
| which has been so generally felt during the
/ past two years and which has taken all the
/
managers at the North
| Gainesville Record: Through the kind
ness of Dr. w. s. Porter we enjoyed
nice ride on Saturday last, and visit to the
extensive pear orchard of Porter and Cessna,
about one and half miles southwest of the
city. Here in a rich hummock piece of
| ground we found in all about 900 or 200
LeConte pear trees, which have been set
from three to six years The growth is mar
Vicious, and many Of the older trees have
been loaded with fruit On one branch
about three-fourths of an inch in diameter,
there were fourteen very fine specimens in
a space of twelve inches This is the first
! year of bearing, and some of the trees
| have had from one to three bushels of
pears. About forty-five bushels had been
shipped and as many more nearly ready,
and this, too, after being injured by the
| cold wave Of March, when many were in
! full bloom We have sampled few of the
pears, which were brought home and laid
away for a few days, and are now in fine
eating condition. Beside this, they have a
| fine nursery of pear, peach and Japan per-
simmon trees for market. Some of the per-
simmons are now bearing fruit while yet in
the nursery rows. They have also persm-
mon trees planted out among the pear trees,
which are growing finely. In a few years
the fruit from this orchard will have TO be
shipped by the carload They have n bo-